Custom tables

The table is often the most functional and iconic piece of furniture in the room. It is difficult to imagine a homely space without it. And it is easy (at least for me) to remember the table you grew up on, played on, or ate your first Brussels sprouts from. 

It's also easy to forget about the table, use the thing so routinely or be so immersed in conversation that you never notice it. 

“Functional and Iconic, 
sustainable (durable) and 'play on it',
and beautiful but invisible”. 

are interesting and challenging requirements to meet. Your personal use and taste, your space and its paths, and your ergonomics should be taken into account in the design. 

This makes the outcome of the design process unpredictable and the furniture piece unique.

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Table ‘Bint version 3’ (2014)
Bamboo
(width, height, depth)

sold


‘Bint’ refers to the book of the Dutch author F.Bordewijk (published 1934). Some say the book is about discipline and punishment in an outdated schooling system, for me it is about what happens under the table.

‘Bint’ also refers to wooden truss, specially the anchor-beam-truss, a way of contructing farmhouses that in theory could be dissassembled. 

In designing a table, functionality and specially hygiene often force us towards plain and smooth table tops. If a more sculptural element is to be added, it must be ‘under the table’.

Different versions of the table were made in bamboo, in (reclaimed) hardwood and in Elm.